# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=360&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 361 --- ## [TV-buying advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-buying-advice/1015296)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-buying-advice/1015296 "2025-03-09T07:23:14Z")
I’ve decided to actually make my living room into a useful place for… living? After buying a couch last week, I’ve decided I also need to update the TV. It’s been a very long time since this was something I cared abou… --- ## [Question about AirTags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-airtags/1015249)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-airtags/1015249 "2025-03-08T21:18:02Z")
My daughter just left today for a 3-day camping trip in the mountains with her class (western Switzerland pre-Alps), her first time doing this. She was not allowed to carry her phone. Being the ever-worried dad, I insist… --- ## [Baseball Hall of Fame limits future appearances on veterans committee ballot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hall-of-fame-limits-future-appearances-on-veterans-committee-ballot/1015206)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hall-of-fame-limits-future-appearances-on-veterans-committee-ballot/1015206 "2025-03-08T18:46:27Z")
Baseball Hall of Fame limits future appearances on veterans committee ballot The core of the new changes: Any candidate on the eight-person ballot who receives fewer than five votes from the 16-member panel will not b… --- ## [How do neutrons kill you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-neutrons-kill-you/1015253)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-neutrons-kill-you/1015253 "2025-03-08T18:24:28Z")
During the Manhattan Project, a pile of fissile material accidentally achieve supercriticality on two separate occasions, killing Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin, respectfully. when a nuclear reactor in Tokaimura, Japan… --- ## [Picking up the Pieces from the Smoldering Ruins: What do Dems do when we take power again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-the-pieces-from-the-smoldering-ruins-what-do-dems-do-when-we-take-power-again/1014101)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-the-pieces-from-the-smoldering-ruins-what-do-dems-do-when-we-take-power-again/1014101 "2025-03-08T18:24:01Z")
Admittedly this post is looking ahead at least 4 years, maybe 8, maybe even 12. I’m going to make the wild assumption that we still have elections, and that a peaceful transfer of power will occur. But imagine what we … --- ## [Recommend a message platform for our rapidly growing group](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-message-platform-for-our-rapidly-growing-group/1015170)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-message-platform-for-our-rapidly-growing-group/1015170 "2025-03-08T16:05:04Z")
My wife has formed a political action group that has grown from 12 to over 200 since the new year. We started out using Signal to create message threads in various categories, but these are now proving to be impractical:… --- ## [Where's davidm? In the hospital recovering from a medical screwup.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-davidm-in-the-hospital-recovering-from-a-medical-screwup/803049)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 564\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-davidm-in-the-hospital-recovering-from-a-medical-screwup/803049 "2025-03-08T14:19:17Z")
I don’t know how prominent I am on here or if anyone has even noticed my absence, but I wanted to post an explanation for anyone who cares. Near the beginning of October I had an endoscopy looking for Crohn’s. They tore… --- ## [Name of this graphic novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-this-graphic-novel/1015261)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-this-graphic-novel/1015261 "2025-03-08T13:56:26Z")
Some years ago Slate magazine featured a book review of a comic book/graphic novel, about a couple of kids who suffered some trauma, divorce? - I think. There was a ghost in the novel, the kind of ghost wearing a sheet… --- ## [Help a longtime Doper whose home was destroyed by fire on Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-longtime-doper-whose-home-was-destroyed-by-fire-on-christmas/1012246)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-longtime-doper-whose-home-was-destroyed-by-fire-on-christmas/1012246 "2025-03-08T13:52:10Z")
In another thread, for the Secret Santa gift exchange, I learned that one of our participants, Czarcasm and his family, lost their home in a fire on Christmas Day. In messages with him I learned that someone else in th… --- ## [Road team athletes: who feeds 'em?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-team-athletes-who-feeds-em/1015011)
**Author:** [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-team-athletes-who-feeds-em/1015011 "2025-03-08T13:31:22Z")
After watching an East coast VS West coast college basketball game, it occurred to me: where the heck are these kids going to eat? The team plus coaching staff and “handlers” must be around 35 people. They couldn’t simp… --- ## [How much grapefruit juice is required to affect medication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-grapefruit-juice-is-required-to-affect-medication/1015077)
**Author:** [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-grapefruit-juice-is-required-to-affect-medication/1015077 "2025-03-08T13:01:06Z")
I take a couple of medications that say “avoid grapefruit and grapefruit juice” but I have been unable to figure out exactly when grapefruit consumption is a problem. I assume eating a grapefruit everyday is not recomme… --- ## [My half sister (same dad, different moms) and I have gotten a lot closer since our dad died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-half-sister-same-dad-different-moms-and-i-have-gotten-a-lot-closer-since-our-dad-died/1015267)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-half-sister-same-dad-different-moms-and-i-have-gotten-a-lot-closer-since-our-dad-died/1015267 "2025-03-08T05:04:48Z")
I was 16 when my sister was born to our father and his second wife. He had been my non custodial parent for over a decade by that time — so, basically two weekends per month. But since I was a busy teenager and he lived … --- ## [Could Canada blockade the St. Lawrence River and what would happen if they did so?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-canada-blockade-the-st-lawrence-river-and-what-would-happen-if-they-did-so/1015234)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-canada-blockade-the-st-lawrence-river-and-what-would-happen-if-they-did-so/1015234 "2025-03-08T05:02:41Z")
There unfortunately has been some friction between the USA and Canada lately. As an American I am embarrassed by this and would like to apologize for the actions of the idiots that currenly occupy the top positions in… --- ## [National Theatre Live "The Importance of Being Earnest" in theaters 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-theatre-live-the-importance-of-being-earnest-in-theaters-2025/1015270)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-theatre-live-the-importance-of-being-earnest-in-theaters-2025/1015270 "2025-03-08T03:29:17Z")
Has anyone here seen this? It’s very recent, and apparently screenings are rather sparse. I live in San Francisco and the only screenings here are in Larkspur, which is a fair distance to go for a movie. The few clips I … --- ## [Practicing Sentence Writing in a Foreign Language - Google Translate or ChatGPT/Copilot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicing-sentence-writing-in-a-foreign-language-google-translate-or-chatgpt-copilot/1014923)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicing-sentence-writing-in-a-foreign-language-google-translate-or-chatgpt-copilot/1014923 "2025-03-08T02:09:00Z")
I’ve been learning Bahasa Indonesia on Duolinguo for the past two months, and I’m really enjoying it. Very soon after I started, I felt the need to practice sentences other than the ones used by the app, partly because … --- ## [Old SDMB member with new account, remembering so many "In Memoriam" names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sdmb-member-with-new-account-remembering-so-many-in-memoriam-names/1015223)
**Author:** [@AnodyneTroubles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnodyneTroubles)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sdmb-member-with-new-account-remembering-so-many-in-memoriam-names/1015223 "2025-03-08T02:06:10Z")
I don’t recall what my username was when I first signed up to this message board probably 20 years ago (or more), but I was fairly active. Then there was a board change (oh, I remember now, they were going to charge a f… --- ## [I "prequalified" for a loan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-prequalified-for-a-loan/1014993)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-prequalified-for-a-loan/1014993 "2025-03-08T00:14:23Z")
I got one of those spam calls saying I was prequalified for a loan. I was bored so I answered and once they did their opening pitch I asked, “How much am I prequalified for and what is the rate?” Turns out I had to giv… --- ## [How bad are ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease that progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (a rare, serious brain infection that can result in death or severe disability) is an acceptable potential side effect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-are-ulcerative-colitis-or-crohn-s-disease-that-progressive-multifocal-leukoencephalopathy-a-rare-serious-brain-infection-that-can-result-in-death-or-severe-disability-is-an-acceptable-potential-side-effect/1015190)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-are-ulcerative-colitis-or-crohn-s-disease-that-progressive-multifocal-leukoencephalopathy-a-rare-serious-brain-infection-that-can-result-in-death-or-severe-disability-is-an-acceptable-potential-side-effect/1015190 "2025-03-07T23:43:06Z")
I was listening to Pandora where I was presented with a commercial for a treatment for UC or Chron’s with death being a potential side effect. I don’t know anyone with those issues that I’m aware of so here I am. Even … --- ## [Landlord warning of tenant liability](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landlord-warning-of-tenant-liability/1015224)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landlord-warning-of-tenant-liability/1015224 "2025-03-07T22:31:02Z")
My wife and I live in a three story house in the UK (South England). It is multi-tenant where dwellings are whatever they could make of “flats” or rooms. So not a co-op and we’re here mainly because for us now, it’s a mo… --- ## [TV shows that blatantly recycle scripts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-blatantly-recycle-scripts/1014961)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-blatantly-recycle-scripts/1014961 "2025-03-07T22:14:37Z")
As I’ve mentioned in other threads, I’ve been rewatching lots of older shows lately. I just finished the full run of Bewitched. A lot of TV series are repetitive and formulaic in their plots, but I don’t recall ever seei… --- ## [Which non-American sports teams are their nation's equivalent of US sports teams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-american-sports-teams-are-their-nations-equivalent-of-us-sports-teams/1015215)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-american-sports-teams-are-their-nations-equivalent-of-us-sports-teams/1015215 "2025-03-07T20:56:18Z")
For instance: The Yomiuri Giants are very much the Japanese pro baseball equivalent of the New York Yankees - the most popular team, also most polarizing and disliked team, and has won the most titles. The Toronto Mapl… --- ## [Notification Of Posts To Watched Threads Coming In Very Late](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-of-posts-to-watched-threads-coming-in-very-late/1015250)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-of-posts-to-watched-threads-coming-in-very-late/1015250 "2025-03-07T20:46:21Z")
I still get dots by my watched threads showing new replies and the number of replies. I do not get the usual large yellow dot with numbers up by my avatar in the upper right hand corner. I do occasionally get a notifica… --- ## [Canada's PM Trudeau speaks truth to power - watch his takedown of the tariffs & more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-pm-trudeau-speaks-truth-to-power-watch-his-takedown-of-the-tariffs-more/1015152)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-pm-trudeau-speaks-truth-to-power-watch-his-takedown-of-the-tariffs-more/1015152 "2025-03-07T19:49:53Z")
Trudeau’s response to the trump trade war is well worth watching for the 14 minutes it takes. You can speed through where he speaks French, but those are worthwhile as it’s a paraphrase with additional messaging and not … --- ## [Explain a Tom Lehrer joke to me, Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-a-tom-lehrer-joke-to-me-please/1015241)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-a-tom-lehrer-joke-to-me-please/1015241 "2025-03-07T19:48:17Z")
I’ve recently been having my Amazon Echo play me Tom Lehrer’s songs (it’s been delightful, btw). From the album That Was the Year That Was, when he’s introducing the song “George Murphy,” he makes a joke about how, being… --- ## [Who's watching trump's Address to Congress tonight (3-4-25)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-trumps-address-to-congress-tonight-3-4-25/1015123)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-trumps-address-to-congress-tonight-3-4-25/1015123 "2025-03-07T18:23:34Z")
I’m not sure if I will watch or not. I haven’t been watching or reading trump-related news too much, or very actively participating in the trump threads here lately, because my attitude towards the trump administration i… --- ## [Why did Warren laugh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-warren-laugh/1015247)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-warren-laugh/1015247 "2025-03-07T17:36:39Z")
Warren clapped and laughed at the Pocahantas jab the other night. What was that all about? --- ## [High yield savings account recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-yield-savings-account-recommendations/1015207)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-yield-savings-account-recommendations/1015207 "2025-03-07T16:31:57Z")
I’m looking into moving most of my emergency/future house down payment fund into a high yield savings account, and was hoping to get some recommendations. I’ve just started looking into things, but I honestly don’t even … --- ## [Old pulley -- on coned shaft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pulley-on-coned-shaft/1015028)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pulley-on-coned-shaft/1015028 "2025-03-07T14:50:04Z")
I collect antique wheels such as flat belt pulleys, flywheels, handwheels, and the like. It’s just interesting. I recently got one that has me stumped. It’s 8" diameter with flat 1.5" face (not crowned). The hub is 2" th… --- ## [Disposal of an old CO2 detector?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposal-of-an-old-co2-detector/1015062)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposal-of-an-old-co2-detector/1015062 "2025-03-07T13:25:27Z")
It’s 10 years old, which is the usual expiration date. Google says I can throw it in the trash, but the back has an unmistakable “do not trash” symbol (the one that looks like a curbside household trash bin). Which shoul… --- ## [Is there a legal procedure at all for Canada to become the 51st+ state of the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-legal-procedure-at-all-for-canada-to-become-the-51st-state-of-the-usa/1015013)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-legal-procedure-at-all-for-canada-to-become-the-51st-state-of-the-usa/1015013 "2025-03-07T11:53:59Z")
The mods may want to put this in P&E and I would not mind, but assuming there is a factual answer I prefer to start here. And the title states it already: even if “Canada” or “the Canadians” or the Canadian Paliament or… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=359&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=361&state=tracking)